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Sake cup with sugoroku board game design (Supplemental)

Kōryusai19th century, Edo-Meiji period

Tachibana Museum

Tachibana Museum
Fukuoka-ken, Japan

This wine cup has a rare design featuring a board game ‘sugoroku (Japanese backgammon)’. The spirally arranged design is executed in hira maki-e (flat sprinkled metal decoration) on the vermilion lacquered surface. It depicts celebrated places in Edo (modern Tokyo) from the start of the Nihonbashi Bridge to the completion of the Ote-mon Gate of Edo Castle.

The creator, Kōryusai is considered to have been a 19th-century maki-e artist, but the details of his career are unknown.

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  • Title: Sake cup with sugoroku board game design (Supplemental)
  • Creator: Kōryusai
  • Date Created: 19th century, Edo-Meiji period
  • Physical Dimensions: Dia: 9.7cm H: 2.4 cm
  • Type: Lacquerware
Tachibana Museum

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